My 2013 Travel Year in Review

Now that we are solidly into 2014, I thought that like previous years it would be good to sit down and look back at 2013 and some of my travels. While 2013 had me on the road more than the previous two years, I flew fewer miles, fewer segments, fewer times, but managed to rack up a lot more time in hotel rooms. In fact I spent at least approximately three months over the course of the year in San Diego. That alone kept me from being able to travel much for my own reasons; it was bad enough that due to work and work travel constraints I wasn’t able to use my MLK Day holiday until mid-April.

Spending all that time in San Diego made me rather fond of the area, especially due to my enjoyment of beer (San Diego County has the most if not nearly the most number of breweries in the US). I would venture to new places (Las Vegas, Hong Kong, Macau), return to old favorites (New York, Montreal, Seattle, Orlando, DC) and generally have a good time everywhere. This year would also feature two flight diversions; one to Denver for a medical emergency and one to Kansas City due to a mechanical issue. I had never had a flight diversion prior to that, so two in one year is notable to me at least.

So let’s take a look at the numbers…

Flights:
Number of Flight Segments: 54
Number of Airlines: 2 (Delta (52), Air Choice One (2))
Total Miles Flown: 49,237
Time Spent in the Air: 5 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes
Average Flight Distance/Length: 912 Miles / 2 hours 30 minutes
Longest Flight: NRT-SEA (Tokyo-Narita, JP to Seattle, WA) – 4,757 miles, 11 hours 5 minutes
Shortest Flight: STL-BRL (St. Louis, MO to Burlington, IA) – 146 miles, 1 hour 10 minutes
Aircraft Flown On: MD-88, 757, DC-9, 767, A330, 717, CRJ700, CRJ200, C208B, ERJ145, A319, 737, A320

Had My Fair Share Of Flights Up Front This Year

Airports:
Airports Flown Into/Out Of/Through: ATL, BNA, BRL, BWI, DEN*, ECP, HKG, JFK, LGA, MCI, MEM, MKE, NRT, ORD, SAN, SEA, STL, YUL
Top Five Airports: ATL, ECP, SAN, SEA, NRT
Number of Connections in ATL: 22
*Diversion due to inflight medical emergency

2013 Flights Completed

SkyMiles Earnings:
SkyMiles Status: Platinum Medallion (Re-qualified for 2014)
Total Medallion Qualification Miles Earned: 81,000 (An additional 10,000 from American Express for spend threshold pending)
Total SkyMiles Earned: 175,000
Total SkyMiles Redeemed: 97,500 (3 Award Tickets)

Travels:
Countries: Canada, Hong Kong (New), Macau (New)
Cities: San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York City, Montreal, St. Louis, Burlington (IA), Chicago, Seattle, Everett, Orlando, Atlanta, Hong Kong, Macau, Pensacola
Other Places: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (National Air and Space Museum), Border Field State Park (CA),
Number of Trips: 14 (11x Air, 3x Road)
Days “On The Road”: ~93 days
Average Trip Length: 6.5 days (Although four of my trips were 2-3 weeks long)
Days Trip Frequency: 1.167 Trips per Month

2013 Trip Reports:
Yet Another New York Weekend Trip
19 Hours In Las Vegas
Montreal Part 1, 2, 3, 4
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles – A Journey Across The Midwest
UCF Homecoming 2013

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